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Notes 7. Name: <br>
8. <input type=”text” name=”user”>
9. <br>
10. Address: <br>
11. <textarea name=”address” rows=”5” cols=”40”></textarea>
12. <br>
13. Pick Products: <br>
14. <select name=”products[]” multiple>
15. <option>Sonic Screwdriver</option>
16. <option>Tricorder</option>
17. <option>ORAC AI</option>
18. <option>HAL 2000</option>
19. </select>
20. <br><br>
21. <input type=”submit” value=”hit it!”>
22. </form>
23. </body>
24. </html>
Put these lines into a text file called listing4.php, and place that file in your Web server
document root. Next, in the script that processes the form input, we find that input from the
“products[]” form element created on line 14 is available in an array called $_POST[products].
Because products[] is a SELECT element, we offer the user multiple choices using the option
elements on lines 15 through 18. We demonstrate that the user’s choices are made available in
an array in Listing 5.
Listing 5 Reading Input from the Form in Listing 4
1. <html>
2. <head>
3. <title>Listing 5 Reading input from the form in Listing 6</title>
4. </head>
5. <body>
6. <?php
7. print “Welcome <b>$_POST[user]</b><p>\n\n”;
8. print “Your address is:<p>\n\n<b>$_POST[address]</b><p>\n\n”;
9. print “Your product choices are:<p>\n\n”;
10. if (!empty($_POST[products])) {
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